08-23-2009, 04:35 AM
In my experience, any oily fish works best for crawdad bait. I haven't had as much luck with bacon or chicken. This trip I used a pikeminnow I caught last time and kept in the freezer. Salmon heads and even canned tuna also work well.
As far as using it to land fish, it's not that hard if the fish is tired out and swimming at the surface. The top ring is very large, 32" in this case. Just use the rod to guide the fish over the net and then pull up on the rope, trapping the fish inside the net. It does help if you have someone else with you to handle the net, though. In this situation, I probably wouldn't have gotten the fish without it.
If you're not going to use it to land fish, they have smaller, cheaper cotton ones that work just as well for crawdads.
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As far as using it to land fish, it's not that hard if the fish is tired out and swimming at the surface. The top ring is very large, 32" in this case. Just use the rod to guide the fish over the net and then pull up on the rope, trapping the fish inside the net. It does help if you have someone else with you to handle the net, though. In this situation, I probably wouldn't have gotten the fish without it.
If you're not going to use it to land fish, they have smaller, cheaper cotton ones that work just as well for crawdads.
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